Copyrights

U.S. Photographic Copyright law in plain language

 Since October 31, 1988, photographs no longer need a copyright notice to have a copyright protection.  This means any and all images you find on these web pages are copyrighted.  The traditional notice – such as “Copyright 2007, JuliArtz Photography”; “JulzBodyBoutique”; “StarGarzerz Custom Gifts”; “JKM Creative Enterprises” or “© JuliArtz Photography”; © JulzBodyBoutique”; ©“StarGarzerz Custom Gifts”; ©“JKM Creative Enterprises”  is no longer required for copyright protection.  Copyright remains with the photographer for his/her lifetime, plus 50 years before entering the public domain.

The Copyright Act also gives the copyright owner the exclusive right to reproduce or modify their work, and to exclude others from doing so.  Copying includes copying or saving their image to your hard drive, or copying to other mediums, such as scanning a photo from a book and turning it into a JPEG file.  Modifying a work, say by cropping, coloring, distorting, enlarging, etc is not a way around this law.  Creating a derivative work “or any other form in which a work may be recast, transformed or adapted” is an infringement.  If you take a copyrighted image without permission, and put it on a web page, your are violating the exclusive right of the copyright owner to display his work. (See 17 U.S.C.A. § 106).

Please respect the rights of Julia McDonough and JuliArtz Photography (a/k/a JKM Creative Enterprises, a/k/a StarGazerz Custom Gifts, a/k/a JulzBodyBoutique) by seeking permission BEFORE attempting to use any images.

Trademarks, Copyright, etc.

This web site is owned and operated by JKM Creative Enterprises. The material included herein, including without limitation all content, text, graphics, artwork, photographs, site design, logos, icons, images, audio or video clips, code, scripts and software (collectively, the "Materials"), is the property of JKM Creative Enterprises and/or its content suppliers and is protected by the trademark, copyright and other intellectual property laws of the United States and other countries. The selection, arrangement and compilation of all of the foregoing in the manner depicted is also the property of Candles & Tarts and is protected by said laws. ALL RIGHTS ARE EXPRESSLY RESERVED. No right, title or interest in and to the materials is conveyed or granted to you. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, transmit, disseminate, distribute, display, post, modify, create derivative works from, sell, license or otherwise use or exploit in any way whatsoever any Materials or other content from this web site without the prior written consent of JuliArtz Photography. Without in any way limiting the foregoing, you agree not to use the web site or any Materials for any commercial or competitive purposes or for any other purposes which may be harmful or detrimental to JKM Creative Enterprises (JuliArtz Photography/StarGazerz Custom Gifts/JulzBodyBoutique) or its business(es).